Leo II (dwarf galaxy)
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Leo II (dwarf galaxy)
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Leo II is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 690,000 light-years away in the constellation Leo. It is one of 24 known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.
Leo II is thought to have a core radius of 178 ± 13 pc and a tidal radius of 632 ± 32 pc.
It was discovered in 1950 by Robert George Harrington and Albert George Wilson, from the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories in California.
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Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Leo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_II_(dwarf_galaxy)
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2023-02-26T17:05:12Z
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